Eat a Light Lunch Every Day!

It is good to eat a light lunch every day!

And wash the dishes with joy.

And have a rewarding Sunday ❤ ❤ ❤

Wishes YR

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Loituma

Loituma is a Finnish quartet whose members combine the Finnish vocal tradition with the sounds of the kantele. Loituma were selected Ensemble of the Year at the 1997 Kaustinen Folk Music Festival.

Loituma has made Ieva’s Polka known worldwide.

”Ievan polkka” (Savo Finnish for ”Ieva’s Polka”) is a popular Finnish song with lyrics printed in 1928[1] and written by Eino Kettunen to a traditional Finnish polka tune. The song is sung in very heavy Eastern Savonian dialects spoken in North Karelia. It takes the point of view of a young man, telling about a woman named Ieva (Eva or Eeva in standard Finnish) who sneaks out to where everyone is dancing to a polka, and dances all night. The song is often confused with being a traditional song, but Eino Kettunen is still under copyright.

Musicians around the world have made cover versions of Ieva’s Polka. Here are a couple of them

Old Georgian Men Vibing to Ievan Polkka ft. Bilal Göregen (Club Mix)

Polka Ewy (Loituma cover) in Polish

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About the Finnish language and Duolingo

According to an article by Suomen YLE, about 500,000 people live in Finland whose mother tongue is not Finnish or Swedish (1). This remarkable number of foreign speakers is why Duolingo has included the Finnish language in their language options.

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(1) According to www. worldometers in Finland are 5.547.301 people on April 7, 2021.